Synodic month length 29.61 days

Length of current 657 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes. It is 3 hours and 3 minutes longer than next lunation 658 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 27 February 2053 Thursday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠251.9°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠251.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠288°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon before perigee

14 days after point of apogee on 13 February 2053 at 01:22 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 February 2053 at 20:20 in ♋ Cancer.

Distance to Moon 363 343 km

Moon is 363 343 km(225 771 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 800 km(228 540 mi).

Moon before ascending node

6 days after its descending node on 20 February 2053 at 15:44 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 March 2053 at 12:51 in ♍ Virgo.

Draconic month

Moon in northern standstill

At 13:41 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.174°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.150° in its southern standstill point on 13 March 2053 at 04:30 in ♑ Capricorn.